The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-24


PRrEa BerrRRs. colored. was lynchcd q
Jamestown. o.. on the 18th. for brutal
assault on an aged colorod lady.
ARGUMENT In the case OF the United
States W. the BELL Telephone Company
began a. Boston on the 18th.
VICE PRESIDENT TvRER Of the Ameri
can Telephone Company, tho central ng-
ure in the Venezuelan scsndal, has 70
signed.
THERE was great excitement on tho
New York Coffee Exchange on tho 18th,
and the following failures; h. q. Arnold
4 Co, Mackcy 4 small and w. ]. Norton
\ Co, the nrst named for nearly million
dollars.
A NUMBER Of Aisatians are on trial at
Lcipsic for treason. They are charged
with trying 70 work up revolution IN
Alsacc-L Lorraine against Germany.
FrRR on the 18th destroyed Wishart =
Bishop's Wholesale warehouse and Bruck'
er's ice-house at winnipeg, Man; los .,
about $4,000.
IL addition 70 the plan for changing one
or more Of the present street railroads OF
Washington TO cable roads next winter,
there are plans afioat for systcm OF ele-
waited roads 70 cover the entire city.
BARCLAY PEAKE was found guilty ut
Mount Holly, n. j., on the 18th. OF murder
in the frst degree for the murder Of Mary
Anderson.
Tar Secretary Of the Navy has ordered
that the new cruiser Chicago be subject
ed to another dock trial at Chester.
TnR Canada Chemical Manufacturing
Company's works 1t London, Ont, were
burned on the night Of the 12th. Loss
$4,000; partially insured.
A CAREFUL review Of the hop situation
in the Mohawk valley, n r., indicates
that, barring possible ravages BY YER
min, one-third Of an average crop will BE-
harvested. The decrease in acreage -
fully one-third and the yards average
will only be fair.
ARTHUR KELLY, the son Of wealthy
brick manufacturer Of Chatham, N. j..
who has been for some time an inmate OF
the State Insane Asylu m at Morris Plains,
made his escape on the 18th BY sealing q
ten-foot fence while out with his
keeper.
WHILE . number Of men were examin
ing q blasting charge which failed In
RAIN q Kau6man's stone quarry, near
Leesport, Pa, on the 18TH, it exploded
with great force, fatally inJuring Francis
lP. Kaufman and Phillip Schaefer and
severely injuring three others.
The one-hundred-mileb bicycle race, run,
on the 18th on the public roads near Craw-
louisville, Ind, was won by Rhodes.
Time, seven hours and hfty seconds.
| Croker was second.
The Prince OF Wales started the yachts
| in the jubilee race around the British
Isles on the 14th-
ExGnIsH trades unions are opposed TO
the proposed international congress OF
workingmen.
rA~-s- - Am h..r ~..a. a. Landau
and Rome to bring about q friendly I'M
derstanding between England and the
Vatican.
LONDON reports from Afghanistan indi-
| cate that the fate OF the Ameer 10 critical
and the success Of the revolt very prob
able, in which event most serious com.
| plications are likely to follow between
Great Britain and Russia
| NJ BARrHoLDI has completed on the
l grounds Of the American Exhibition in
| London diorama Of the port Of New
| York, presenting in miniature duplicate
| OF the statue of Liberty Enlightening
| the World
| BSsxARcK's condition has become worse
| He Is afaicted with rheumatic pains,
which prevent sleep. His doctors advise
rest and change OF climate. His illness
however, prevents travelling At present
Ex-SEcRErARY MANNING visited thu
Western National Bank. OF which he i.
PRESIDENT on the l4th. and assumed &C
tive charge Of the duties OF his ONCE
He was in excellent spirits, and said be
had been anxious 10 get TO work.
JOIN vAxpRRpLr. one OF the thre.
men who were arrested on the charge O.
attem pted embracery in connection will
the Jake sharpe trial in New York, wal
discharged on the 18th. ~ was also War
ner. another Of the men 90 charged. IN,
case Of Lynch will come M on the nth.
Tar Naval Academy visitors hav'
recommended that thirteen inefacien
Z adets be dropped, and four re-examined
| THE Dominion Senate has decided
against the wishes OF the government, t
allow Chinese women to enter Canad
without having poll-tax.
TgE COMMITTEES in charge OF the petit Of
| to Rome for the restoration Of DR.. Nj
Glynn 70 his parish in New York, a.
nounce that the movement has bee
abandoned At DR.. McGlynn's request
A CoxsrAxrrxoPLR dispatch says 81
| Henry Drummond Wolf, British hig
.. | commissioner in connection with Egyptia
| afYairs. has notified the Porte that Ouee
, Victoria has appended her signature I
! the Anglo-Turkish convention conccrnin